Prayers and support for Bo

[Johnsfolly]

7 hours ago, Daryk Campbell Sr said:

 I have the Amazing Flying Lure.  Not gonna part with it though.  Took me many years to acquire it. That was my first As Seen On TV "need".  

Banjo minnow for me. Did work great just the baits didn't last very long and were too expensive to replace.

[Champ188]

On 7/17/2021 at 6:16 AM, Quillback said:

Here's my thoughts about a tournament:

We could do a launch anywhere, meet at a Corps park for a weigh-in and some social time with food, most likely burgers and dogs.  

Tourney entry fee $20 per person (youngsters under 15 can fish for free), fees to be donated to charity - my suggestion would be Christian Action Ministries - CAM is a charity that feeds the needy in the local community and if Phil is able to make it, we can hand him the envelope with the money, makes things easy.  The money would be donated under Bo's name.  However if Bo had a favorite charity that we could make the donation to, that would be fine.

I would suggest we have the post tourney get together at a mid-lake location.  After doing a little research, I see that Aunts Creek has a pavilion, and the campground closes on Sept. 15.  (more about the date in a bit).  Campbell Point also has a pavilion but campground does not close until Oct. 31.  I don't know much about the mid lake to lower end parks so if someone has a better suggestion for location that would be great.

Dates - I would think we would want to wait until the weather has cooled down for a lot of reasons - less rec traffic, better on the fish that are in the live well, more comfortable fishing.  So, I'd propose Saturday Oct. 16 or Saturday Oct. 23.  Don't want to push the date into November because then it will interfere with the folks that deer hunt.

Participating in the tourney is not mandatory, if you want to show up just for the dogs and burgers get together that is fine also.  You can also fish for anything you want too, you don't have to participate in the bass tourney.

Bass tourney would be one bass format, biggest black bass wins the plaque.

Open to any suggestions, just wanted to put something on the wall to get the ball rolling.

Donna and I are in. For real. We will monitor OAF for the date. 

[waterpossum]

I follow this forum, but have rarely posted. I didn't know Bo. He must have been friend and mentor to a lot of people for a long time. Your idea of a get together sounds great. If you can take a picture and maybe identify faces with forum name.

[crazy4fishin]

9 hours ago, Champ188 said:

Donna and I are in. For real. We will monitor OAF for the date. 

Well that would be a good thing! You two have missed way to many OAF events!!

C4F

[Carl W]

Just catching up and sad for sure. I would frequently ask Bo jig fishing questions and he would always give me straight forward answers.  I sure appreciated his sharing. God bless his family. I will miss his summer jig fishing posts for sure.  

[arsenal1477]

Wow, what a loss of a great human being and fisherman. Of the few times I have had the pleasure to speak with Bo he was always courteous, respectful and an open book trying to give information, not hide it. I truly believe that it gave him great joy to see those that he talked fishing with do well and enjoy their time on the water. My prayers go out to his family and friends. Tight lines, Bo and god speed. 🍻 

[STLbassbuster]

Very sad to hear of Bo’s passing. I will try to make the gathering/tournament  in Mid-October to cast a line in his honor. Tight lines Bo.

[eyedabassman]

This news is very hard to take!  Bo and I fished alot at night fishing together, not counting the long  phone calls. I will miss him terribly! He was my friend and one hell of a fisherman. He did know  Table Rock and If I knew half of what he did know  I would be a better angler!   He would call me and always say do you want to go chase some smallmouth. My prayers go out to his wife and family!  Now Bo can chase them fish up in heaven!  I will miss you Bo!    Dan